Davidson election commission delays vote on relocating office

The Davidson County Election Commission decided Thursday to hold off on voting to move most of its staff from downtown Nashville to another Metro facility on Murfreesboro Pike.

Election commissioners said they wanted to get more information about the availability of funding to hire another recruiter of poll workers, which they said would be necessary to make next year's elections as efficient as possible. But they also acknowledged that they're not sure how much say they have in whether to move.

Mayor Karl Dean's administration agreed earlier this month to fund three new jobs - at a cost of $175,000 - so the commission could keep a satellite office at its current site, the Metro Office Building, while the existing staff would move to the Metro Southeast building. The administration says that move is necessary so it can put a "one-stop permit shop" for developers on the first floor of the Metro Office Building at 800 Second Ave. S.

The satellite office would be able to maintain services for voters, as well as limited services for candidates, on the fourth floor of the downtown facility.

Metro Finance Director Rich Riebeling, one of Dean's top aides, told the commission he would consider the request for additional money to fund the recruiter position.

- Michael Cass

The Tennessean

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Davidson election commission delays vote on relocating office

The Davidson County Election Commission decided Thursday to hold off on voting on a proposed move of most of its staff from downtown Nashville to another Metro facility on Mufreesboro Pike.